The Lofoten Islands are situated off Norway's northwest coast. In this incredible time-lapse video, made earlier this year, Nicholas Buer captured the extraordinary, rugged beauty of the region.

"Originally I had hoped to evoke emotions of vastness and solitude with this film" he said, "but upon reviewing the footage I was pleasantly surprised to find I was capturing a different emotion, one of a more understated essence; a peacefulness and a quiet. It just goes to show that when you think you are down on your luck, something beautiful and unexpected can still happen and you get something out of it."